Location : Bucharest
Gross area : 80 sqm
Project Team:
Teodora Brincus
Anda Zota
Nadia Khalil
Stefan Prigoreanu
Photo Credits: Raluca Bobaru / Vlad Patru
Illustration: Andra-Maria Urzicǎ
Laboratorio Brew Room este un spatiu dedicat interactiunilor de zi si seara prin natura celor doua baruri dedicate berii artizanale si cocktailurilor si celui de cafea de specialitate.
Conceptul doreste sa evidentieze acest aspect si sa aduca impreuna cele doua moduri de operare intr-o singura locatie prin materialitate si lumini si prin separarea vizibila a celor doua piese principale din spatiu.
Materiale alese conduc la un dialog intre existent si propus prin contrast folosind inoxul si alte materiale reflexive si prin asemanare folosind betonul brut in sapa sau bar.
Intentia a fost de a descoperi un spatiu pe masura ce intri si il parcurgi acest lucru fiind putin contraintuitiv cu deschiderea catre strada care pare ca dezvaluie intreg locul. Merita descoperit!
Laboratorio Brew Room is a space dedicated to day and evening interactions by the nature of the two bars dedicated to craft beer / cocktails and specialty coffee.
The concept wants to highlight this aspect and to bring together the two modes of operation in a single location through materiality and light and by the visible separation of the two main bars from space.
Selected materials lead to a dialogue between existing and proposed design by contrast using stainless steel and reflective materials, dichroic films and by similarity using raw concrete in the screed and bar design.
The intention was to discover a space as you enter and walk through it, this being a bit counterintuitive with the opening to the street that seems to reveal the whole place. From the entrance you see the bars and you also discover the reflective volumes that hide the bathroom, the locker and further some private spaces for deposit. The space is coordinated with the exterior, having two large windows that open in a folding sistem in order to invite the street to its interior. In our designs we tend to look first to the context, interior-exterior and then to human interactions and how space is perceived or can be used, from seating to people interacting. This was the approach for Laboratorio.
We wanted a space that can transform at night, being also a place for small gatherings, parties. We were looking for a feeling of retro-future and disco atmosphere that can communicate with the existing brutalist environment that we found on the site.
Reflections are very present in the bar and it was another feature we were looking into, making it a very dinamic space in the night time. Being close to a busy street, the entire place is transformed when city light appear, cars, traffic lights and people passing by. The entire city seems to be invited inside.
Worth discovering!